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Motown Christmas
Various Artists
Motown Christmas
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, R&B, Classical
 
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Motown Christmas
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Motown
Release Date: 10/12/1999
Album Type: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, R&B, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Motown, Soul, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Motown Christmas: Collector's Edition (3 disc set), Motown Christmas (Universal)
UPCs: 601215335422, 0601215335422, 7314556945290

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Soulful Set
James E. Bagley | Sanatoga, PA USA | 12/21/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"One of my favorite Christmas CDs. I got the two album set over 20 years ago. Now they've added a Marvin Gaye bonus track. Too bad they didn't include his uptempo "Purple Snowflakes" as well.What I like best about this CD is its variety of musical styles. Stevie Wonder shines on a couple of originals that are now Christmas standards: the thought provoking Someday At Christmas and the festive What Christmas Means To Me. Everyone's favorite Jehovah's Witnesses, The Jackson 5, (who didn't celebrate Christmas but apparently recorded whatever Motown asked them to) add youthful exhuberance with Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Frosty The Snowman, and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. The Temptations show off their versatility, their tracks among the strongest cuts, be they fun (Rudolph) or poignant (My Christmas Tree, Silent Night). The Supremes' stuff is okay. Their best Christmas tune, the haunting Born Of Mary, isn't on this set. Their take on The Children's Song though will have you ding-donging for days. BY the way: all the kids mentioned in this song belong to Diana's main squeeze at the time, Berry Gordy. My favorite Motown Christmas recording is one nobody ever talks about: The Miracles' It's Christmas Time. A truly magnificent, goosebump creating, retelling of the Nativity. One of Smokey's greatest vocal performances ever, this recording could convert an atheist!"
Back in the Day Christmas
A Big Fan of This Album | Boston, MA | 11/29/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"My first recollection of this album was in the 70's, when I was about 5 or 6 years old. It was introduced to me by my parents, and I'm glad it was. I grew up listening to this ablum year after year. Once I was married and separated from my family at the holidays, I was unable to hear the music; Christmas wasn't the same then. About 4 years ago, I found the album in cassette. Last year, I was lucky enough to find a CD, and bought two. I'm carrying on my parent's tradition by introducing the wonderful sounds of Mowtown to my children. Christmas wouldn't be the same without it."
The Best
A Big Fan of This Album | 12/23/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is simply the BEST Christmas album ever produced. Steve Wonder's "Some Day at Christmastime" is unforgettable. It is a song that I first heard 30 years ago, and can not get out of my head. If you like the original Motown sound, it does not get better than this. Enjoy!!"